Discovering compassionate presence.
As featured in Glamour’s “Couples Stress Test”!
“Can a couples therapist tell what is really going on in a relationship based solely on observing a couple building difficult IKEA furniture? Watch three couples of various relationship histories build a desk within a 1-hour time limit as clinical social worker Chris Roque secretly watches their body language, communication styles and approaches to conflict from a monitor. Find out his relationship observations and insights from the stress test!“
Culturally responsive, Social justice oriented care.
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Anxiety
Do you feel often worried? Do you find it hard to quiet your mind? Do you feel like you get a “bee in your bonnet?” and that it’s hard to let go?
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Grief
Are you going through changes or anticipating change? Do you feel without an anchor? Have you lost someone or something and having trouble getting back to yourself?
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Exclusion
Do you often feel alone? Do you have trouble connecting to others? Did you grow up having to figure-it-out on your own?
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Anger
When you feel misunderstood or disrespected does it feel like you go from 0-100? When you experience anger do you worry at times you appear “unhinged”?
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Relational Conflict
Do you feel drained from your relationships? Do you feel chronically frustrated? Does it feel like you have the same fight over and over again?
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Addiction
Once you start, is it hard to stop? When under the influence, have you acted in such a way that you later feel regret or shame? Do you feel numb?
